3 chemicals that give skin color

Melanin

-protects the body from UV radiation

-freckles are patches of this pigment


-located primarily in the epidermis

Carotene

-a yellow-orange pigment
-Found in the S. Corneum and fatty areas of the dermis and hypodermis

Hemoglobin

-Pink to red coloration
-oxygen-carrying protein found in the blood


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